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The acrostic ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. What would happen if each were removed from devotions? (For example, what would happen if adoration were removed from your prayers?)
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We would not have balance in our prayers to God.
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I believe we’d be missing a key part of God’s character and relationship with God. God is not a God of just confession. He also is a God of thanksgiving and adoration, etc. I believe incorporating all four of these are important to have a balance relationship with God, and one that is based on Biblical Theology.
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Leaving one of these four out would ultimately change our relationship with the Lord. We cannot have one without the other and still have the relationship with the Lord that HE desires us to have with HIM.
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If there is no adoration in prayer, it means that there is no God to listen to it and solve it. Therefore, when we pray, we must first worship God. We must absolutely trust God who responds to our prayers.
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The basis for our faith cab be summed up at least in part with this type of prayer..adoration communicating to God our deep feelings for Him. Confession..bring our sins and wrong doings to God, and asking for forgiveness. Thanksgiving…simple put..thanking God for all he has done, and will do..Supplication…bringing our needs and request to God. Removing any one of these would be create a vacuum, a missing piece…like adoration…not telling God is not most high…making Him less important. Or confession..we don’t need it? Thanksgiving this would be the same as being rude, or conceeded. Supplication…how could we ask if there was no ability to ask? Any one of these were removed our prayer life and relationship with God would be less to a point that it could be considered least than a prayer.
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The basis for our faith can be summed up at least in part with this type of prayer..adoration communicating to God our deep feelings for Him(praise) Confession..bring our sins and wrong doings to God, and asking for forgiveness. Thanksgiving…simple put..thanking God for all he has done, and will do..Supplication…bringing our needs and request to God. Removing any one of these would be create a vacuum, a missing piece…like adoration…not telling God is not most high…making Him less important. Or confession..we don’t need it? Thanksgiving this would be the same as being rude, or conceeded. Supplication…how could we ask if there was no ability to ask? Any one of these were removed our prayer life and relationship with God would be less to a point that it could be considered least than a prayer.
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